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3. They would prefer not to commute to brookland from the hill, and 4. I suspect many equate a school that's majority African American with an intense focus on academics and not play based. St. Anthony's is an absolute gem of a school (albeit a hiden one amongst the white population in dc). There are a few white families there and I think they love the school. It's too bad for others that many have not looked twice at this school because they may not see enough white faces. All the schools I attended growing up were either very international or majority white. I have tons of friends of all races so I don't worry for a second that our kids will grow up with sufficient diversity in their lives. In the meantime they are getting an awesome affordable education in an incredibly warm, supportive environment.. I'd encourage you to attend their open house in the spring. I was sold immediately. Preschool is playbased. Academics are very strong in the upper grades. They pair the younger kids up with buddies in the older grades. It's only been 2 weeks and our son is already saying hi to some of the 8th graders who help out in the classroom. The assistant preschool 3 teacher has a kid attending St. Anselm's which I was very impressed by. I'm pretty sure we will not be playing the lottery next year. I'm excited that this may be home for us until we have to pay the big bucks for highschool. I can't afford to send our kid to the schools I was fortunate to attend growing up - places like the UN school in NY and the international school in Vienna, Austria. However I truly feel like we have found a great elementary school for our kids in St. Anthony's. Some white families are there and know that. Many don't even give such schools a glance because of preconceived assumptions about schools that don't look like them. Everyone in the end has to do what's best for their families but I bet if you went and visited it, you might not care as much that there aren't as many white faces as you are used to seeing. Best of luck with your search.

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